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Before the flood, Pastor Aaron Trigg says there used to be baseball games and kids playing on the playground near his house in Rainelle. After the flood, that changed. “Now, it was just silence,” he remembers. “It affected the spirit of the town.”

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A Looming Disaster: New Data Reveal Where Flood Damage Is An Existential Threat

More than 4 million homes face financial losses from flooding. Communities where flood insurance is already unaffordable are facing potentially catastrophic damage.